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PULASKI, Arkansas in the 1860s: 1 through 6 of 6

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  1. Union Sentiment in Arkansas
    date October 29, 1863map PULASKI, Arkansastags Politics, War

    By the fall of 1863, the Union army began a series of successful campaigns along the Mississippi Valley. Following the Union capture of Little Rock, Colonel C.C. Andrews wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln regarding Union sentiment in Arkansas. On October 29, 1863 he wrote, The loyal sentiment of the people [was] gaining, though slowly. Andrews wrote that Union officials would hold a meeting...

  2. Rebel General Gantt Tells Arkansas to Return to the Union
    date November 8, 1863 to November 9, 1863map PULASKI, Arkansastags Health/Death, African-Americans, Race-Relations, Government, Politics

    Confederate Brigadier General E.W. Gantt spoke to his fellow citizens of Arkansas, but also to all of the citizens of the South in his 1863 address.  The message in this address is that the Confederacy was fighting a war that they could never win and that the southern states would have more power and property if they would just return to the Union.  The General blamed several of the problems in the...

  3. Proud, Patriotic Song of an Arkansas Colored Regiment
    date 1863 to 1865map PULASKI, Arkansastags African-Americans, Agriculture, Arts/Leisure, Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    Written in 1863 by the white Captain Lindley Miller, the First Arkansas Colored Regiment of the Union army proudly sang the Song of the First Arkansas to become excited for training and battle.According to Miller's notes, the marching song was sung to the tune of John Brown's Body, which is significant because they honored Brown, the well-known man who attempted a widespread slave insurrection in...

  4. Hostile Northern Occupation of Little Rock Yields Friendship
    date September 10, 1863 to 1865map PULASKI, Arkansastags Politics, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism, War, Women

    New to the Little Rock area, John Levering, a U.S. colonel from Indiana, needed a place for his family to live.Recently re-stationed to the city from New Orleans, he found the best hotel in town uncomfortable and unsuitable for a Union officer.In January 1865, Levering encountered a desirable solution.Levering casually visited a local, celebrated lady of society, a Mrs. S--, and informed her that he...

  5. Northern Occupation of Little Rock Yields Friendship
    date January, 1865map PULASKI, Arkansastags Economy, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism, War, Women

    New to the Little Rock area, John Levering, a U.S. colonel from Indiana, needed a place for his family to live. Recently re-stationed to the city from New Orleans, he found the best hotel in town uncomfortable and unsuitable for a Union officer. In January 1865, Levering encountered a desirable solution. Levering casually visited a local, celebrated lady of society, a Mrs. S--, and informed her that...

  6. Governor Clayton declares martial law in large parts of Arkansas
    date November 4, 1868map PULASKI, Arkansastags Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    During the summer and fall of 1868, white unrest grew in most of the southern states due to the newly created state governments enacted under the radical Reconstruction Acts. Resentful of Republican control and the extension of rights to blacks, white southerners further turned to violence to impose their will. In Arkansas, racial violence continued to escalate as whites attempted to keep blacks...